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Originally Posted by Vegas Bound
Ok, I guess that was a little steep. Try this. Impound the car, crush it, make the owner pay for the cost of crushing and revoke the driver's license forever.
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So DUI would get a lesser penalty than street racing?
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Originally Posted by mikeman
The complaint people seem to have is that there are not enough tracks to take their cars to race. With more and more tracks closing up for residential and commercial land development, they have no place to go so they race on the street.
I don't know how true that actually is, but tracks around here are few and far between and several have closed over the last few years. However, racing on the street is just plain stupid and god help you if you ever kill an innocent bystander while racing. I sure wouldn't want to live with that on my shoulders so I don't street race.
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This
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Originally Posted by Nothing like an SS
This is so valid.
Here on LI, growing up we had many tracks, even hosted NASCAR and NHRA events regularly at several of them, and one of the best road course tracks in Bridgehampton, known the world over. I used to run out at Bridgehampton many years ago, how great would it be to just drive ~1 hour and race a world class course in my Camaro today! Too bad.....
All gone, can't even take the short hop to NJ as they are also closing most everything.
It is a dying sport (racing) in so many areas.
That said, no excuse to go out and be ridiculously stupid either. Play you pay, if you can't take the heat that follows, well, don't race!
Lost your car being stupid? Too bad for you!
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My closest track is over an hour away. Very well said
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Originally Posted by Boost Creep
When I was young we would "street" race in industrial parks at night when they were closed and empty, away from people and traffic.
Ever since those garbage F&F movies we have Honda's plowing into mini vans at 4 in the afternoon in school zones.
The national average IQ level seems to have dropped 50 points in the last 20-30 years.
See current events for evidence backing my claim.
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My other half's father would street race back in his day, same with my dad and they grew up in two different parts of the US. Both locations shared a common theme tho...... late at night and zero traffic on a closed road out in BFE.